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i think the united states will remain committed to the security of the afghan state for at least a decade to come. both political parties in the united states are firm o this point. i think that there's an american consensus behind continued advice and support to the afghan government. as long as that happens, the afghans with our help will be able to stand against the taliban. >> woodruff: all right. we will all continue to watch it. john nagl, vali nasr, we thank you both. >> thank you. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, reshaping the message for the fall campaign; a change of heart for a global warming skeptic; and evidence of fraud in the medicare program. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: authorities in china moved today to curb protests against japan that turned violent over the weekend. the tensions stem from japan's purchase of islands in the east china sea called the senkaku in japan and diaoyu in china disputed islands northeast of taiwan. it's believed the sea around them may contain oil and natural gas deposits. on saturd
i think the united states will remain committed to the security of the afghan state for at least a decade to come. both political parties in the united states are firm o this point. i think that there's an american consensus behind continued advice and support to the afghan government. as long as that happens, the afghans with our help will be able to stand against the taliban. >> woodruff: all right. we will all continue to watch it. john nagl, vali nasr, we thank you both. >>...
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>> well, first of all, judy, i just want to say a tragic day for the united states and for the united states foreign service. we lost a great young ambassador and three outstanding diplomats. it's one of the blackest days in the history of the american foreservice, and we go all the way back to the founding of this country. >> i want to agree with the ambassador on that, too. >> i want to start there. look, i watched president obama's statement, and watched secretary clinton's statement. president obama is running against governor romney. governor romney is not running against the american embassy in cairo. the statements made by the president and secretary of state in no way,shape, or form apologized-- that was the charge-- for the united states or sympathized with the terrorists. and it's important to get the chronology right. the statement made by the embassy in i can roy was issued before the demonstrations. they have a big demonstrations coming. they evacuatedly the embassy. they're worried about physical violence. they simply were trying to say, "we don't agree with this film in
>> well, first of all, judy, i just want to say a tragic day for the united states and for the united states foreign service. we lost a great young ambassador and three outstanding diplomats. it's one of the blackest days in the history of the american foreservice, and we go all the way back to the founding of this country. >> i want to agree with the ambassador on that, too. >> i want to start there. look, i watched president obama's statement, and watched secretary clinton's...
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states is ready to launch a strike. of course, the israeli counter question was, okay, when would that happen? if iran does not submit to any of the international demand, will you strike? at that point the american administration in all the talks, high-ranking officials have declined on giving any sort of specific promise. >> warner: how does the u.s. election calendar play into prime minister netanyahu's calculations here? >> wel i think itlaysuite heavily. prime minister netanyahu would never admit that. but we see a line of increasing tension. some of it is deliberately between the israeli government and the american administration. as close as we get to the election. it is clear that the white house asked israel and put quite a lot pressure not to launch a pre-emptive strike at least not before the elections in order not to create an oil crisis that would damage the obama campaign. on the other hand we know from quite close ties between the republican mitt romney and prime minister netanyahu. i think that netanyahu,
states is ready to launch a strike. of course, the israeli counter question was, okay, when would that happen? if iran does not submit to any of the international demand, will you strike? at that point the american administration in all the talks, high-ranking officials have declined on giving any sort of specific promise. >> warner: how does the u.s. election calendar play into prime minister netanyahu's calculations here? >> wel i think itlaysuite heavily. prime minister netanyahu...
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it happened to gerald ford, president of the united states, in 1976. marvelous campaign, a great campaign. stu spencer who was a strategist met with the president in the white house with bob teeter and dick cheney was chief of the staff. said mr. president, are you a great president but you are a terrible campaigner. everywhere you go your numbers go down. so they had a rose garden strategy. i called stu spencer this week to talk about this. and he said the problem that mitt romney has, he doesn't have a rose garden. i mean he can't go back and be sort of in charge of the government. and i just think it's a legal problem. i agree with david on what he said about the 47% because it played into a stereotype that already existed. and they have a narrative about romney that he was out of touch. my wife ann drives two cadillacs. you want to bet $10,000 he said to rick perry, that tied in. and the 47% speech that he gave on tape just reinforced that about people's already thought. >> woodruff: how do you see that. >> yeah, first of all, i think mitt romney d
it happened to gerald ford, president of the united states, in 1976. marvelous campaign, a great campaign. stu spencer who was a strategist met with the president in the white house with bob teeter and dick cheney was chief of the staff. said mr. president, are you a great president but you are a terrible campaigner. everywhere you go your numbers go down. so they had a rose garden strategy. i called stu spencer this week to talk about this. and he said the problem that mitt romney has, he...
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obviously he's got the uwe united states out of iraq. the united states after going up has now come down to some extent in afghanistan. the middle east, even though it's turbulent, is more open than it was. so i think the president in general can point to some areas where he moved forward and some areas obviously his critics will say where he movedded back. all in all it's a defense i believe and defendable record. >> ifill: i want to walk through some of that piece by piece. referencing the president's speech today, he turned over a big chunk of it to talking about the difference between railing against or speaking out against violence... violent extremism versus protecting free speech. why was so much devoted to that topic? >> gwen, i thought it was an interesting speech. very reflective speech. i think probably designd by the president and his advisors to try to heal some of the wounds that have been so apparent between the muslim world and the united states over these last two weeks, these very tragic weeks. i thought it was interest
obviously he's got the uwe united states out of iraq. the united states after going up has now come down to some extent in afghanistan. the middle east, even though it's turbulent, is more open than it was. so i think the president in general can point to some areas where he moved forward and some areas obviously his critics will say where he movedded back. all in all it's a defense i believe and defendable record. >> ifill: i want to walk through some of that piece by piece. referencing...
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>> to the credit question in the state of missouri one of the things that we're really concerned about is something we call seat time. so in order to get one unit of credit when 24 units are required to graduate you have to get a passing grade and then be in class for 7,830 minutes. so if you have a story like mine, i left school and was what you would call chronically truant for a while. so i had a couple of jobs and i was goofing around with the wrong group of friends. i wasn't acquiring credit. i wasn't at school. so my education was disrupted. when i was still high school agedded, if i had returned i would have been too old with too few credits. this is what we're seeing all over the city of st. louis. these young people who are 17 or 18 years old and they need 24 units of credit. they only have 22 or sometimes they only have 3 or 4. so the math doesn't work out. what we're trying to do is come up with what we call a competency based apreach. kids get credit when they show us that they know it. flexible paths for them to acquire credit. to show us proficiency. do they know what you
>> to the credit question in the state of missouri one of the things that we're really concerned about is something we call seat time. so in order to get one unit of credit when 24 units are required to graduate you have to get a passing grade and then be in class for 7,830 minutes. so if you have a story like mine, i left school and was what you would call chronically truant for a while. so i had a couple of jobs and i was goofing around with the wrong group of friends. i wasn't...
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>> of course, united states and other p-5 countries should be more decisive, more having one voice and a clear message. even if the u.n. secretary council is not able to find a consensus there are other things to be done as international community. >> warner: going back to the situation on the ground. to what degree is the conflict in syria also a security threat to turkey? >> it is a huge security threat. why? because we have 9111 kilometer board-- 911 kilometer border and now there is a power vacuum on this border. >> warner: power vacuum. >> power vacuum and the immediate security issue some terrorist group may try to use this power vacuum for their own interest to create instability. p.k.k. and even some al qaeda, even told several terrorist activities inside turkey, p.k.k. terrorist activities are being-- they are using these power vacuums. >> warner: so when you're talking about a power vacuum, you're talking about areas in syria. and you believe now already it's being exploded for attacks-- exploited for attacks in turkey? >> yes, yes. for some-- these terrorist groups, they are
>> of course, united states and other p-5 countries should be more decisive, more having one voice and a clear message. even if the u.n. secretary council is not able to find a consensus there are other things to be done as international community. >> warner: going back to the situation on the ground. to what degree is the conflict in syria also a security threat to turkey? >> it is a huge security threat. why? because we have 9111 kilometer board-- 911 kilometer border and...
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. >> your condemnation has given a strong message that the united states government not only condemns it, but has absolutely no support for such blasphemous videos or content anywhere. i think that is an important message. i think that should go a long way in ending the violence on many streets in the world. >> brown: but in iran, at a military parade, president mahmoud ahmadinejad accused the u.s. and others of promoting strife under the guise of protecting civil liberties. >> ( translated ): they are seeking to trigger ethnic and religious conflicts. they chant fake slogans of freedom, and claim commitment to freedom of thought and freedom of speech. >> brown: and back in pakistan, prime minister raja pervez ashraf called for the world to outlaw blasphemy. >> we are demanding that the united nations and other international organizations seek a law that bans such hate speech aimed at fomenting hatred and sowing the seeds of discord through such falsehood. >> brown: in the meantime, pakistan shut down youtube access after the web site refused to remove the anti- islamic video. and in
. >> your condemnation has given a strong message that the united states government not only condemns it, but has absolutely no support for such blasphemous videos or content anywhere. i think that is an important message. i think that should go a long way in ending the violence on many streets in the world. >> brown: but in iran, at a military parade, president mahmoud ahmadinejad accused the u.s. and others of promoting strife under the guise of protecting civil liberties....
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that is why he united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: but iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, has long insisted that the country's nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. and during his own speech yesterday, he denounced potential military action by israel. >> testing new generations of ultra-modern weaponry and the pledge to disclose these armaments in due time is now being used as a new language of threat against nations to coerce them into accepting a new era of hegemony. continued threats by the uncivilized zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality. >> woodruff: earlier this week, iran unveiled a new long-range reconnaissance drone and the country's revolutionary guard said it tested new missiles as well. prime minister netanyahu noted that while international sanctions by the u.s. and other countries have hurt the iranian economy, they did not stop its nuclear program. >> there's only one way to peacefully prevent iran from getting atomic bombs. and t
that is why he united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> woodruff: but iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, has long insisted that the country's nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. and during his own speech yesterday, he denounced potential military action by israel. >> testing new generations of ultra-modern weaponry and the pledge to disclose these armaments in due time is now being used as a new language of threat against...
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you have as just reported in 20 countries protest against the united states. we were just reading reuters news. reporting u.s. sendi marines. >> we'll see. my rule is you can never escape the middle east. the middle east will always come back and something will happen there and we will focus our attention. but i still basically agree with ruth, unless things run out of control in part because despite the huffing and puffing there is really not a lot of partisan disagreement about most foreign policy issues. >> speak of the economy, the federal reserve announced yesterday this lightsest move to put money into the economy to try to get it moving, to try to get more hiring and more investing. ruth, what dow make of this, does it have an efct on the election? what about, i mean what its its overall affect on the economy s it going to work? >> well, if it works and i think that the theory is sound t will work eventually but slowly, so i don't think it will have an effect on the election. we won't probably see the impact of this for six months or so. it reflects two
you have as just reported in 20 countries protest against the united states. we were just reading reuters news. reporting u.s. sendi marines. >> we'll see. my rule is you can never escape the middle east. the middle east will always come back and something will happen there and we will focus our attention. but i still basically agree with ruth, unless things run out of control in part because despite the huffing and puffing there is really not a lot of partisan disagreement about most...
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he goes to china, he says i can use the chinese to put pressure on the united states. this man is still governing as if he's still the opposition, as if he's still active underground and not as the believer of 70, 80 million people >> in the meantime we will see incidents like this? >> we'll see more incidents because there's no leadership and ithink the egyptians should be reminded that they need the united states. the international legal obligations. >> brown: thank you all very much. and a postscript: what can the u.s. do to protect against attacks on embassies? we asked a former special agent for the state department about how to increase security and which missions are most at risk. thatat on our "world" page. >> woodruff: the fed's action, as we said earlier, is aimed at making it easier for businesses to borrow and then spend money. our next story is about another effort to help business owners-- in this case, low income american entrepreneurs who are just getting started. special correspondent fred de sam lazaro reports on bringing an approach that's worked wel
he goes to china, he says i can use the chinese to put pressure on the united states. this man is still governing as if he's still the opposition, as if he's still active underground and not as the believer of 70, 80 million people >> in the meantime we will see incidents like this? >> we'll see more incidents because there's no leadership and ithink the egyptians should be reminded that they need the united states. the international legal obligations. >> brown: thank you all...